Btw I put all of those drm-free take control pdfs through calibre and they convert to text with no problem. -- Cheryl
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Sep 30, 2012, at 7:28 PM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Lisette, Steve, and Others, > > I think you can use Adobe Digital Editions to read that PDF. It works on > Kobo ePub books that are protected with Adobe's ADE DRM, and it also works on > library downloaded eBooks that you can check out on the web from libraries > that use OverDrive. (You can read the books in the OverDrive Media Console > app on an iOS device and download to that app, but the experience of reading > eBooks is much better in the Kobo iOS app.) > > Given a choice, I usually get ePub books from Kobo, so I'd never tried it > with a PDF before this question came up, so I tried it on one of my DRM-free > Take Control PDFs. > > I haven't tried with the updated version, but according to Bryan Jones on the > mac-access list, he's found no changes in the way the Mac version performs in > the latest version: > http://www.adobe.com/products/digital-editions.html > > The main thing is that you still don't have the ability to navigate and read > by paragraph, line, word, or character on the Mac side, although you can use > VO-Shift-C to copy the page to TextEdit where you can do this. Bryan claims > that this is now possible in the latest update for Windows, although the > earlier Windows Adobe Digital Editions Preview versions 1.8 basically had the > same features as the Mac versions did. > > I have to advance pages by pressing the right arrow key, but reading books > with Adobe's ADE DRM does work. And it does work for the DRM-free PDF I just > loaded, so this should work OK with your eBOOk. I'd say this is fine for > leisure reading, but for text books you'd really need to have better > navigation options supported. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Sep 29, 2012, at 14:51, Lisette Wesseling wrote: > >> I think Digital Editions on the PC is accessible. Is it accessible on the >> Mac? >> >> On 30/09/2012, at 12:18 PM, Steve Holmes <steve.holme...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I wonder if Docuscan Plus could deal with this. Yes, that program costs >>> $299 US but might be worth the money to crack this crap. >>> >>> Oh, did I tell you? I hate DRM! >>> >>> On Sep 28, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Lisette Wesseling <lisettewessel...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all >>>> I recently bought a book from Kobo which I thought was in epub but is >>>> actually a drm protected pdf. I don't know how I can read this either on >>>> my iPhone or mac. I've written to Kobo but they have not replied. >>>> What are people using to read protected PDF files? Bookle won't read them >>>> is that right? >>>> I'd like to read my book now that I've purchased it. Thanks for any help. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Lisette >>>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
